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In response, companies of all sizes are becoming progressively more vocal about societal problems, from racial and gender inequalities to climate change and gun violence. To…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB261013
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Republican states wanting to stall ESG practices are passing legislation limiting their use by financial services firms such as asset managers and banks. However, resultant…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB279272
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Worker activism in the United States.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB251154
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Election years always entail political risk for large US companies, but the polarising social and cultural issues likely to feature in the November midterms leave them more…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB272035
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Although public confidence in the Court is falling, there is little chance that Congress will impose any structural changes, or even a code of conduct. Further conservative…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280681
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It is thus a high-profile target for conservative activists using cultural issues and lambasting ‘woke capitalism’ to reinforce partisan allegiances among voters ahead of the 2024…
Speaking out risks a backlash from employees and other stakeholders for 'picking sides', while saying nothing risks castigation for moral vacuity or being held complicit by…
Some 15 Republican states have passed or are considering legislation to ban or limit DEI programmes at institutions receiving state funding, including universities and colleges…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB281012
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That turned the eleven-year-old MeToo movement into a central pillar of a broader drive in the United States to address gender, race and social inequality. Since then, the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB264438
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Companies face pressure to provide career opportunities, and better pay and conditions for low-wage workers, many of whom are on the COVID-19 pandemic front line. For many, making…